Many-banded tree snake

The many-banded tree snake (Boiga multifasciata) is a species of rear-fanged colubrid. Not much is known about it and it is rated as "data deficient" by the IUCN.^[1]

Many-banded tree snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Boiga
Species:	B. multifasciata
Binomial name
Boiga multifasciata (Blyth, 1861)
Synonyms
Dipsas multifasciata Blyth, 1861 Dipsadomorphus multifasciatus Boulenger, 1896

Description

Dorsally, it is grayish with oblique black crossbars, and has a series of whitish spots along the vertebral line. On the head, it has a pair of black streaks from the prefrontals to the occiput, another black streak from the eye to the commissure of the jaws, and another along the nape. The upper labials are black-edged. Ventrally, it is spotted or checkered with dark brown or black. Adults are about 875 mm (34.5 in) in total length.^[2]

Geographic range

It is found in India (Himachal Pradesh up to Sikkim), Nepal and Bhutan.